[Verse 1]
Down at the White House, hammers swinging in the summer heat,
Trump is building something up on that famous lawn and street,
Eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, records show the cost,
A helipad for Marine One — critics say it's tossed,
Democrats are calling it a joke, a costly circus ring,
But Trump says this new chopper needs a bigger landing thing,
Xi Jinping is coming soon, they're speeding up the pace,
Contractors racing deadlines just to finish up the space!
[Chorus]
July eighth, twenty-twenty-six, the headlines fill the air,
From Rose Garden luncheons, Nicki Minaj was there,
Helipads and Freedom Fuel, history on the stand,
Every day the news unwraps another contraband!
Read it, learn it, sing along, now you know the score,
July eighth, twenty-twenty-six — let's dig a little more!
[Verse 2]
Twenty-five new gas stations wearing "Freedom Fuel" in bold,
White House brand at every pump, that's what we've been told,
Scattered through a region, red-white-and-blue at the nozzle tip,
The administration's stamping logos on every road trip,
Meanwhile at the Smithsonian, a report came crashing down,
Critiquing how the museums tell Native stories in this town,
"Stolen Land" they say is wrong — the White House wrote it clear,
Native history, whose narrative? That debate is shifting gear!
[Chorus]
July eighth, twenty-twenty-six, the headlines fill the air,
From Rose Garden luncheons, Nicki Minaj was there,
Helipads and Freedom Fuel, history on the stand,
Every day the news unwraps another contraband!
Read it, learn it, sing along, now you know the score,
July eighth, twenty-twenty-six — let's dig a little more!
[Verse 3]
Nicki Minaj sat lunchside where the rose petals blow,
A rapper at the White House putting on a different show,
Pop culture meets the podium, cameras lined up wall to wall,
When entertainment enters politics, who's winning after all?
The guest list raises eyebrows, commentators fill the feed,
Celebrity and policy — a curious kind of creed!
[Bridge]
And the Supreme Court, twenty-twenty-five to twenty-six in review,
Scholars say the balance tipped on everything they do,
The Athletic's writers mourning something bigger than a game,
A dream got overturned they say — democracy's the name,
Klezmer horns go minor key, the story cuts both ways,
We report, you think it through across these complicated days!
[Chorus]
July eighth, twenty-twenty-six, the headlines fill the air,
From Rose Garden luncheons, Nicki Minaj was there,
Helipads and Freedom Fuel, history on the stand,
Every day the news unwraps another contraband!
Read it, learn it, sing along, now you know the score,
July eighth, twenty-twenty-six — let's dig a little more!